Among the questions investors now face: How much rally is left in cotton since skyrocketing 171% already in a year? Among the variables to consider are weather, demand and how much more land gets devoted to cotton. Analysts poi…
It’s no surprise that consumer prices are rising — the prices of commodities from corn to cotton to copper are near record levels, thanks to shrinking supplies and rising demand worldwide. The question is whether the Fed will …
The dollar is looking mighty attractive, thanks to a reviving U.S. economy and eurozone woes, and it will only get stronger as traders who gambled that it would fall buy dollars to unwind their bad bets. Add in China’s desperat…
Dry conditions may limit cotton production in the United States, the world’s largest exporter of the crop, next season.
Farmers will abandon more fields as dry weather compounds already below-normal moisture in growing areas from Texas to Alabama, Jo…
Expect your T-shirts to get a little bit thinner next year — and maybe a little more expensive. Apparel retailers are looking high and low for ways to keep from passing on too much of their own rising costs to consumers. The t…